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Saturday, February 2, 2013

Attainment is now

My mind still keeps trying to hold onto darshan, which is spinning me all around this way and that. If I reach, that isn't it. If I reject, that isn't it. If I hide, that isn't it. When I stop inside, and step back, just a tiny shift, into stillness, darkness, quiet, the knower, not the known, the seer, not the seen... I have darshan, I feel bliss.

Shiva dhyana bliss

All "around" me and "in" my head is consciousness as a play. But I don't quite play at that level, not in this lifetime. I am giving up all hope of ever having a "life" that overlaps with other people's "lives." Not happening. Quit trying. Give up.I gave up the world, and turned to God. Oh, boundless grace (sadguru), God waits, then matches my seeking with that and so much more.This is how it works, I think. The wild card is grace. But God calls, and when I answer, God answers with everything. Attainment is now.God has made me, I am some of God's consciousness contracted into me. For me at least, each move I make towards God is answered by God so very many times over what I offer. God waits, then surges forward. The result is darshan and bliss, a beautiful expression and experience of truth.Osho said that realization is like a tree. When the seed breaks open, realization is. But it also isn't, yet, as the tree isn't here yet, it hasn't grown and flowered, there is no perfume or shade. But the tree is real, it has begun. it cannot happen any other way.The question is, how much do I accept from God now?My path is not sangham. No group or organization to join. It is notsannyasi. There are no vows, or robes. My path is not vedantic re-identification, neti, neti... not that, not that. I don't require the swahyaya of long hours of meditation, japa yoga. The tiny step back into truth, into my Beloved, and our soaring bliss. Recognition (pratyabhijna)is now, direct knowledge (jnana) is now. Attainment is now. This is my path.

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WHAT IS REAL?

DVAITA DUALISM ~ God is real, everything else (the universe) is REAL too, but the universe is NOT GOD. The goal: dispelling of ignorance replaced by devotion to God, and freedom from reincarnation.

ADVAITA NON-DUALISM (Vedanta) ~ God is real, everything else (the universe) is ILLUSION and NOT GOD. The goal: withdraw from deceptive world of the senses and merge with God while alive (realization).

PARADVAITA NON-DUALISM (Kashmir Shaivism) ~ God is real, everything else—the universe, me, you—are REAL, and GOD. Everything is God's form in a play of multiplicity. The goal: recognize God as my self and all of the universe; merge with God while alive (realization) through grace.

Four main schools of Hinduism

In SHAKTISM, Mata Durga and the various incarnations of the Devi are worshiped as supreme.

Who is Lord Shiva?

Worship of the Supreme Lord as Vishnu is called VISHNAIVISM. In Vishnaivism, Brahma the Creator, and Shiva the Destroyer (force of dissolution), are led by Vishnu the Sustainer. This is called the Trimurti of Vishnaivism. Lord Krishna and Lord Rama are incarnations of Lord Vishnu.

Worship of the Supreme as Lord Shiva is called SHAIVISM. In Shaivism, Shiva performs all five divine functions: creator, sustainer, dissolver, concealer and revealer.

Hari-Hara: Hari and Hara are sacred names for Vishnu and Shiva, (respectively). Many Hindus recognize that Vishnu and Shiva are the same entity.